Journalist, Policeman Arrested in News Corp. Bribes Probe

By Kit Chellel -
Aug 7, 2012

London police arrested a News Corp. (NWSA)
journalist and a police officer as part of a probe into payments
by journalists to law enforcement and public officials.

The journalist, a 37-year-old man, and policeman, 29, were
arrested today at their homes in London and Sussex,
respectively, on suspicion of conspiracy to corrupt and cause
misconduct in public office. Daisy Dunlop, a News Corp.
spokeswoman, said in an e-mail that the journalist works for the
company’s Sun tabloid.

About 60 people have been detained in probes into bribery,
and phone and computer hacking that began with News Corp.’s U.K.
newspapers and spread to journalists from Trinity Mirror Plc (TNI) and
Northern & Shell Plc’s Daily Star. The bribery arrests have
focused on the Sun, where at least a dozen journalists have been
arrested, as have police officers, health-care workers and a
prison guard suspected of selling stories.

Today’s arrests are the result of information provided to
police by News Corp.’s Management Standards Committee, an
internal probe into wrongdoing at the company.

Both men were released on bail after questioning at London
police stations, the MPS said.